How Many People Are Named Shanita?
An estimated 3,221 people in the United States have the first name Shanita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Shanita peaked in popularity in 1978 with 184 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Shanita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Shanita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,221
About 1 in 106,412 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1978
184 births
Total Registered
3,450
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Shanita
Shanita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,450 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Shanita as a female name
Ranked #11,470 in 2008
10 female births in 2008
Peak: 1978 (184 births)
Shanita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Shanita span from the 1950s to the 2000s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 1,636 babies were registered. Shanita has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Shanita by Decade
How has Shanita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Shanita by State
Birth registrations for Shanita span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan. The lowest are in Missouri, Wisconsin, Indiana. On average, about 99 Shanitas were registered per state.
Shanita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Shanita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Shanita
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Shanita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shanita?
We estimate approximately 3,221 people named Shanita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 106,412 Americans share this first name.
Is Shanita a common name?
Shanita is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,450 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Shanita most popular?
Shanita reached peak popularity in 1978, when 184 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Shanita is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Shanita a female name?
Shanita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Shanita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Shanita Smith, Shanita Johnson, Shanita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me